Poppy Patchwork


My little bit of this big World

Thursday 8 September 2011

20 small's makes.......

 one big finish.............
 I have done my silly cow and my union jack flag, 
both different than you would expect, I really enjoyed the patterns.

 
 I love the centre panel, it has a bit of every thing and alot of me, my sewing, gardening, Grace my cat with five birds above her head, each bird is the to remember a much loved cat.

Lizzie Kate spring "ABC" was perfect for the centre, I added a couple of butterfly's and a bee. Faye Whittaker "All our yesterday's" provided the Guard, I added the green and white plume to make him a Welsh Guard. Most of the other patterns were from magazines The World of Cross stitching being  the most used.


I have put our grandchildren name and year they were born in the panel, I used a modern text style for this side, I also added Fliss and Su, they were always going to be here, but until the last minute I had not decided where.


 I have on this side three hearts, one for both Kev and myself and one celebrating 25 years of marriage. There are 5 hearts, one each for our children, I have 2 daughter's and Kev has two son's and a daughter.

Below is my sewing machine and books, both I always have close to me.

My bottom panel I decided to keep simple, I did half cross stitch in the pale creamy yellow

Now all I have to do is frame it, I have all I need, so it will be displayed on our sitting room wall for Saturday.


 One big tip, each time I chose a thread colour, after I had finished using it I popped it into my clear bag, as a result I was able to use the same colours more than once, I felt this helped hold the sampler together and kept it from being messy.
Now my plan is small projects for a while and read a book, after 5months of stitching one project, it's time for a bit of fun.

Thank you for every one who has left me comments along the way, it's has helped me to choose and stitch this very special project.

10 comments:

  1. This is a pure work of art Marlene and completely unique as you have designed it yourself ~ what a fabulous heirloom for all your family to enjoy in years to come.
    xxx

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  2. Love the finished piece! It's fantastic...so personal. Love all the litle details and the way you have used the colours certainly was a good idea to keep it looking as one piece. Well done!
    Happy Anniversary too!

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  3. Totally AWESOME! That is the cutest cow I have seen . . . he fits so well in the sampler.

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  4. Absolutely amazing finish! <3

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  5. Your sampler turned out great! This is a very special piece. Enjoy.

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  6. What a beautiful project . Well Done on completing it in time for your celebrations . I'm sure it will bring you lots of pleasure seeing it on your wall .X

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  7. Oh that is stunning :) What a job and it just looks perfect. It will look so nice framed :)

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  8. Congrats on a lovely and unique finish! It's been such a treat watching this grow from the start.

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  9. So creative, and beautifully done! I know this will be enjoyed for many years to come. Congratulations on such a wonderful finish.

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  10. This is lovely and I admire that you can get to the end and finish something. I start so many bigger projects and lose interest. I can understand you now wanting to do some smaller things for a while. Congratulations you have created an heirloom. Gill

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